Circulatory System Flashcards

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Blood composed of?

A

A connective tissue composed of plasma, liquid, water, salts, nutrients, toxins, gases

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Red blood cell

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Erythrocytes. Produced in the bone marrow. Lacks a nucleus. Contains a protein called hemoglobin.

Short life span

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Hemoglobin

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Binds and carries up to 4 molecules of oxygen. Gives the color of red. Contains iron

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Oxygenated blood

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Bright red color

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5
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Deoxygenated blood

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Dark red color

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6
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Who collects old and damaged red blood cells?

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Liver and spleen. Breaks down rbc to release iron. Blood carries iron back to the bone marrow where it is used to make more hemoglobin and packaged into a new rbc.

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7
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Blood vessels

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Blood is delivered to all the tissues in the body by the blood vessels

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Artery

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Carries blood away from the heart. Thicker wall

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9
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Arteriole

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Smaller artery

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10
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Circulatory system

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Transports blood throughout the body and exchange of gases between the blood and tissues.

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Vein

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Carries blood to the heart. Thinner wall

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12
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Venule

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Smaller vein

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13
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Capillary

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Smallest blood vessel

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14
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Percentage of where blood is in the body

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30% in arteries, 5% in capillaries and 65% in the veins

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15
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Aorta

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Largest artery

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16
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Largest vein

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Superior vena cava

17
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Heart

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Muscular pump that forces blood through branching series of vessels to the lungs and rest of body.

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Pulmonary circulation

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Blood flows from the right side to the heart to the lungs then back to the heart

19
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Systematic circulation

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Blood flows from the left side of the heart to the rest of the body then back to the heart

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Atria chamber

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Upper chamber. Thin walled. Receive blood from the veins

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Ventricle chamber

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Lower chamber. Thick walled. Pump blood out of the heart

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Valves

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Controls blood flow through the heart

23
Q

Atrioventricular valves

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Allows blood to flow from the atria Into the ventricles

2 types-

Tricuspid valve - right
Bicuspid valve- left

24
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Semilunar valves

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Ensures blood to travel from the ventricles to the arteries

2 types -

Pulmonary semilunar - right

Aortic semilunar - left

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Blood flow chart from systemic circuit
``` Superior vena cava Right atrium Tricuspid valve Right ventricle Pulmonary semilunar valve Pulmonary artery Lungs (gas exchange) ```
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Blood flow chart from pulmonary circuit
``` Pulmonary vein Left atrium Bicuspid valve Left ventricle Aortic semilunar valve Aorta Tissue in the body ```
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Left ventricle
Pumps blood out of the heart to all the organs in the body. Has a thicker wall
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Right ventricle
Pumps blood out of the heart only to the lungs
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Papillary muscles
Muscles at the bottom surface of the ventricles
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Chordate tendineae
White fibers that are attached to the atrioventricular valves and papillary muscles
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Relaxation of ventricles
When relaxed, the atrioventricular valves open. Blood moves freely from the atria to the ventricles
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Contraction of ventricles
When the papillary muscle contract, it pulls down the chordae tendineae and closes the atrioventricular valves. The semilunar valves open and allow blood to pump out of the heart
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Diastole
Relaxation of ventricles. Atria contract and pump blood to the ventricles Atrioventricular valves open and semilunar valves close
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Systole
Contraction of ventricles Semilunar valves open and blood pumps out of the ventricles .